Description of the Training Program: This is a hands-on clinical skills training for working with children and adolescents who have been exposed to significant trauma or loss. This in-depth extended training will cover child trauma theory, impact of trauma and loss, therapeutic relationship, self-care for counselors/therapists, identification and assessment of traumatized kids, working with parents and other care-givers to help traumatized kids, and directly helping kids to manage their symptoms, resolve their trauma/loss memories, and prepare to cope effectively with future challenges. The program is designed for mental health professionals (or advanced graduate students) with an active therapy caseload.

Participants will first learn a foundation model and skills, and over time add advanced interventions such as motivational interviewing, anger management training, and parent training. Each of the 1-day meetings will be split between new (or review) didactic/skills material and small-group consultation focused on participants' ongoing cases. This program is designed to help participants learn and master the essential clinical skills for trauma-informed treatment with children and adolescents.

The training program involves lecture, demonstration, and in-class practice. This is an experiential training, and part of the learning is to practice the interventions with other participants. Although participants are always in charge of what they disclose, many individuals have reported that their participation led to facing personal issues.

Objectives. Participants will be able to:

• Explain how past trauma or loss can lead to ongoing problem behaviors or symptoms.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive trauma-informed treatment plan.
• Teach kids how to control their anxiety, impulsive/acting-out behavior, and other symptoms.
• Guide parents and others to help kids to be (and feel) more safe and successful.
• Help kids to face and work through their trauma/loss memories.
• Help kids and their care-givers to anticipate and prepare for future challenges.
• Problem-solve their own challenging cases, regardless of whether trauma was identified as the presenting issue.
• Provide systematic and effective trauma-informed supervision and consultation to others.

• Jan 1-5 (5 days) Child/Adolescent Trauma Treatment intensive.
• Feb 1-2 (2 days) Treating Problem Behaviors.
• One day per month (6 more days) March through August. Mornings will be devoted to clinical case consultation with participants' current cases. Afternoon seminars will cover advanced therapeutic interventions as well as working with families, schools, child welfare, and milieu treatment programs.

• Receive a Certificate in Child & Adolescent Trauma Treatment from TI/CTI.
• Have all (12) EMDRIA CE hours needed for EMDR Certification (for those who have previously completed EMDR training).
• Receive 85 CEs (optional; $50 additional fee).
• Receive 5 graduate credits (optional; $375 additional fee).
• We are involved (with many of the leaders in the field) in developing a national trauma certification program; it's not clear how soon this will be in place. Completers will have met most or all requirements for this certificate as well.

• Fall, 2010 - Spring 2011, Greenfield, MA. Dates: Mon-Fri Sept 13-17, 2010 (morning only Friday 9/17); Mon-Tue Oct 18-19; and Mondays Nov 8, Dec 6, Jan 10 2011, Feb 7, Mar 7, and Apr 4. Co-sponsored by R. Cassidy Seminars. Instructor: Ricky Greenwald, Psy.D.
  • Earlybird: $1,500; After June 20: $1,650; After August 15: $1,750.
  • Earlybird: $1,500; After June 20: $1,650; After August 15: $1,750. 85 CEs adds $50
• To arrange a certificate training program for your group, contact the Trauma Institute/Child Trauma Institute.

Enrollment is limited to 24 participants..

A note about the cost of training: We are teaching advanced clinical skills and we want to make sure that you get it. For this reason, we are committed to a high instructor:participant ratio (1:12 or better during practicums). This allows us to directly supervise each participant during the many practice exercises. We also provide each participant with text books and extensive handouts. We do our best to keep your cost down, but a high quality experience does cost more. We think it's worth it.